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IN THE 



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1893 



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Register of Members 




SoriFtg of Hons of i\f jBLF&oIntion 



Misttttt of anolumbia 




WITH THE 



OmXITUTION AND BY-LAWS 




WASHINGTON 

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY 

l89_5 






Washington, D. C. 
GIBSON BROS., PRINTERS. 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTI 



®i0^nc^ of Cohmiia. 

Instituted March //, /88c>. 
Incorporated under Laws of the United States, December, / 




President. 

Hon. DAVID J. BREWER, United States Supreme Court. 

Vice-President. 

Mr. lewis JOHNSON DAVIS, 141 1 Massachusetts Avenue. 

Board of Managers. 

Adm'l SAMUEL RHOADS FRANKLIN, U. S. Navy, . . 1338 19th Street N.W. 

Gen'l WILLIAM BEATTY ROCHESTER, U. S. Army, . . 1320 18th Street N.W. 

Surgeon RICHARD CAIN DEAN, . . . . U. S. Navy Department. 

Mr. ABLION KEITH PARRIS, 1344 F Street N.W. 

Mr. CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL, .... 1733 DeSales Street N.W. 
Mr. HENRY GREENWAY KEMP, ..... 1605 O Street N.W. 

Mr. THOMAS HYDE, i537 28th Street N.W. 

Col. GARRICK MALLERY, U. S. Army, .... 1323 N Street N.W. 

Col. GEORGE HENRY ELLIOT, U. S. Army, . . 2728 Penna. Avenue N.W. 

Secretary. 

CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY, 1401 i6th Street N.W. 

Treasurer. 

ALEXANDER BROWN LEGAR6, Metropolitan Club. 

Registrar. 

WILLIAM HARRISON LOWDERMILK, 1517 Corcoran Street N.W. 

Historian. 

GAILLARD HUNT, 1466 R. I. Avenue N.W. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. RANDOLPH HARRISON McKIM, D. D., 1621 K Street N.W. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

Gen'l W. B. ROCHESTER, U. S. Army. 

Capt. DAN'L MORGAN TAYLOR, U. S. Army. 

Lt. THEODORUS BAILEY MYERS MASON, U. S. Navy. 

Mr. ALBION KEITH PARRIS. 

Mr. WOODBURY LOWERY. 



Total Membership to date - - - ''77- 

3 



OKKICERS 



THE GENERAL SOCIETY. 



* 



General President. 

Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City, Md., 
Of the Maryland Society. 

General Vice-President. 

GARRETT DORSET WALL VROOM, Trenton, 
Of the Netu fersey Society. 

Second General Vice-President. 

JOHN SCREVEN, Savannah, 
Of the Georgia Soci:ty. 

General Secretary. 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, No. 56 Wall Street, New York, 
0/ the New York Society. 

Assistant General Secretary. 

WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, No. 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, 
0/ the Maryland Society. 

General Treasurer. 

RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 710 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 
0/ the Pennsylvania Society. 

General Assistant Treasurer. 

STEPHEN SALISBURY, Worcester, 
Oy the Massachusetts Society. 

General Chaplain. 

Rbv. morgan DIX, D. D., S. T. D., New York City, 
Of the New York Society, 

General Registrar. 

JOHN WOOLF JORDAN, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, 
0/ the Pennsylvania Society. 

General Historian. 

THEOUORUS BAILEY MYERS MASON, U. S. A., Washington, 
0/ the Distric t 0/ Columbia Society. 

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9 t916 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 



^tUt of Qteio ^oxL 

Instituted February' 22, i8j6; Reorganised December 4, i88j. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York May j, 18 



OKRICERS. 

President. 

FREDERICK SAMUEL TALLMADGE, 167 Broadway, New York. 

Vice-President. 

FLOYD CLARKSON, 39 Broadway, New York. 

Secretary. 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 56 Wall Street, New York. 

Assistant Secretary. 

EDWARD TRENCHARD, 56 Wall Street, New York. 
Treasurer. 
ARTHUR MELVIN HATCH, 96 Broadway, New York. 
Board of Managers. 
WILLIAM CARPENDER, WILLIAM GASTON HAMILTON, 

ROBERT LENOX BELKNAP, JOHN LAWRENCE. 

ROBERT OLYPHANT, BENJAMIN DOUGLAS SILLIMAN, 

JOHN CANFIELD TOMLINSON, CHAS. AUGUSTUS SCHBRMERHORN, 

GOUVERNEUR MATHER SMITH, WILLIAM ALEXANDER DUER, 

CHARLES AUGUSTUS PEABODY, Jk. 

Registrar. 

CHARLES ISHAM, 56 Wall Strett, New York. 
Historian. 

HENRY WYCKOFF Le ROY, 262 Canal Street, New York. 

Cliaplain. 

Rev. BROCKHOLST MORGAN, 15 E. 19th Street, New York. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

JOHN ALSOP KING, 

CHARLES HORNBLOWER WOODRUFF, 
Rev. MORGAN DIX, D. D., S. T. D., 
Major-General SCHUYLER HAMILTON, 
JOHN HONE. 

A Iternatea. 

BRADISH JOHNSON, 
JOHN CANFIELD TOMLINSON, 
SHELDON THOMPSON VIELE, 
JOHN CLARKSON JAY, 
ALBERT DELAFIELD. 



Total Membership to date, ... 1,222 
5 



(penn0g())ama ^ocid^ 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. 

Instituted April }, 1888. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania September 29, 1890. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

WILLIAM WAYNE, Paoli, Pennsylvania. 

Vice-President. 

RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 710 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 

Secretary. 

ETHAN ALLEN WEAVER, Lock Box 713, Philadelphia. 

Treasurer. 

CHARLES HENRY JONES, 273 South 4lh Street. Philadelphia. 

Registrar. 

JOHN WOOLF JORDAN, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia. 

Historian. 

JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH, 2118 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. 

Chaplain. 

Rbv. GEORGE WOOLSEY HODGE, 334 South 13th Street, Philadelphia. 

Board of Managers. 

JAMES EDWARD CARPENTER, Chairman. 

WILLIAM SPOHN BAKER, Hon. SAMUEL W. PENNYPACKER, 

GEORGE MECUM CONARROE, WILLIAM MACPHERSON HORNOR, 

WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D. JAMES MIFFLIN, 

Rev. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN, Dk. THOMAS HEWSON BRADFORD. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

JAMES EDWARD CARPENTER, 

Hon. SAMUEL WHITAKER PENNYPACKER, LL. D., 

EDWARD STALKER SAYRES, 

GEORGE CUTHBERT GILLESPIE, 

HAMPTON LAWRENCE CARSON. 

Alternates. 
Rbv. CHARLES ELLIS STEVENS, D. C. L., LL. D., 
THOMAS WILLING BALCH, 
Prof. TRAILL GREEN, M. D., LL. D., 
RICHARD RANDOLPH PARRY, 
General WILLIAM FARRAR SMITH, U. S. A. 



Total Membership to date, - _ - 666 

6 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^tak of 3oxoa» 

Instituted April ig, i8go. 



OKKICERS. 

President. 

Right Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, D. D. {Oxon.), LL. D., D. C. L. 
Bishop of Iowa. 

"Vice-President. 

SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, Davenport. 

Secretary. 

EDWARD SEYMOUR HAMMATT, Davenport. 

Treasurer. 

ESEK STEERE BALLORD, Davenport. 

Chaplain. 

The Vbn. Archdeacon SAMUEL ROOSEVELT JOHNSON HOYT, D. D., 

Davenport. 

Kegistrar and Historian. 

WILLIAM CLEMENT PUTNAM, D.ivenport, 



Board of Managers. 

Rt. Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, SAMUEL ROOSEVELT J. HOYT, 
SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, JAMES MADISON DeARMOND, 

EDWARD SEYMOUR HAMMATT, CHARLES WHITAKER, 

ESEK STEERE BALLORD, WILLIAM PERRY I'.RADY, 

Rt. Rbv. CHARLES REUBEN HALE, JOHN ELY BREADY, 
WILLIAM CLEMENT PUTNAM. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

Rt. Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, 
EDWARD SEYMOUR HAMMATT, WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, 

ESEK STEERE BALLORD. 

Alternates. 
SAMUEL ROOSEVELT J. HOYT, JOHN HUBBARD STURGIS, 

JAMES MADISON DeARMOND, JOHN ELY BREADY, 

WILLIAM CLEMENT PUTNAM. 



Total Membership to date, - - . 39 

7 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^(ak of Qtexo '^ttBt}^. 

/us t it u ted J a ii iia ry 6 , t8()i . 



OKKICERS. 

President. 

S. MEREDITH DICKINSON, Trenton. 

Vice-President. 

CLEMENT HALL SINNICKSON, Salem. 

Secretary. 

JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Trenton. 

Treasurer. 

HUGH HENDERSON HAMILL, Trenton. 

Registrar. 

FOSTER CONARROE GRIFFITH, Trenton. 

Historian. 

MORRIS HANCOCK STRATTON, Salem. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. CHARLES MARTER PERKINS, Salem. 

Board of Managers. 

GARRETT DORSET WALL VROO.M, GILBERT COLLINS, 

GEORGE MAXWELL ROBESON, SAMUEL DUNCAN OLIPHANT, 

RICHARD FOWLER STEVENS, MALCOLM MACDONALD, 

SCHUYLER COLFAX WOODHULL, WILLIAM JOHN POTTS, 

WILLIAM ELMER, M. D. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

GEORGE MAXWELL ROBESON, GILBERT COLLINS, 

WILLIAM JOHN POTTS, FRANK OBADIAH BRIGGS, 

GARRETT DORSEY WALL VROOM. 
Alter nates, 
MALCOLM MACDONALD, HUGH HENDERSON HAMILL, 

JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, SCHUYLER COLFAX WOODHULL, 

RICHARD FOWLER STEVENS. 



Total Membership to date, - - - 80 

8 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^(ak of (Beotgta* 

Iiistitttted May 22, i8()i . 



OKKICERS. 

Presitlent. 

Colonel JOHN SCREVEN, Savannah. 

First Vice-Pi'esident. 

Hon. WILLIAM BEARING HARDEN, Savannah. 
Second Vice-President. 

Col. JOHN MILLEDGE, Atlanta. 

Secretary. 

WILLIAM HARDEN, 59 Gordon Street, Savannah. 

Assistant Secretary. 

JAMES BOLTON WEST, Savannah. 

Treasurer. 

WARING RUSSELL, Savannah. 

Registrar. 

JOSEPH GASTON BULLOCH, M. D., Savannah. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. L.ACHLAN C. VASS, D. D., Savannah. 

Historian. 

Hon. HARVEY JOHNSON, Atlanta. 

Surgeon. 

T. B. CHISHOLM, M, D., S.ivannah. 

Marshal. 

T. D. R0CKWR;LL, Savannah. 

Board of Managers. 

GEORGE LYMAN APPLETON, G. B. PRITCHARD, 

ROBERT F. BURDELL, W. J. DeRENNE, 

H V. WASHINGTON, WILLIAM R. LEAK EN, 

G. H. STONE, M. D., BEIRNE GORDON, 

ARMINIUS OEMLER. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

Hon. WILLIAM BEARING HARDEN, WILLIAM HARDEN, 

WILLIAM DANIEL GRANT (Atlanta), Rev. L.A.CHLAN C. VASS, D. D., 

Col. JOHN SCREVEN. 

THOMAS PINCKNEY HUGER, GEORGE M. GADSDEN, 

HARVEY JOHNSON (Atlanta), HUGH V. WASHINGTON (Macon), 

JOSEPH G. BULLOCH, M. D. 



Total Membership to date, . . - log 

9 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

CommoYi)j^tatt^ of ()tla00ac^u0e^f0« 

Organised in Fauciiil HaU October i , i8(ji. 

Incorpoialed under the Laws of the Commomceallh of Massachusetts October 

9, i8i)i. 



OKKICERS. 

President. 

WILLIAM LEVERETT CHASE, 233 State Street, Boston. 

Vice-l'resident. 

WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER, Hopcdale, Mass. 

Secretary. 

HENRY DEXTER WARREN, Hotel Berkeley, Boston. 

Treasurer. 

FRANK HARRISON BRIGGS, 45 High Street, Boston. 

Registrar. 

WALTER KENDALL WATKINS, 18 Somerset Street, Boston. 

Historian. 
FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD ABBOTT, Ph. D., Cambridge, Mass. 

Chaplain, 
Rhverund LEONARD KIP STORRS, D. D., Brookline, Mass. 

Board of Managers. 

ANDREW ROBESON, JOHN CHESTER INCHES, 

WILLIAM CURTIS CAPELL, JOSEPH BLANCHARD AMES, 

WINTHROP WETHERBEE, WALTER OILMAN PAGE, 

HENRY EDDY COBB, SAMUEL SWETT GREEN, 

Dr. JOHN WALTER BAKER. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

WILLIAM LEVERETT CHASE, 
ANDREW ROBESON, 
Rev. LEONARD KIP STORRS, 
HENRY HERBERT EDES, 
MERRIWEATHER HOOD GRIFFITH. 

Alternates. 
Hon, WILLIAM EUSTIS RUSSELL, 
Hon. CHARLES HERBERT ALLEN, 
Hon. OLIVER AMES, 

Rev. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D. D., LL. D., 
ALBERT HANNIBAL KELSEY. 



Total Membership to Date, ... 183 

10 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 



^(ad of (m«tg(<»nb. 

Orgc7iii{ed /tpril ii, 1892. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Maryland April ij , 1892. 



OKKICERS. 

President. 

Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City. 

Vice-President. 

McHENRY HOWARD, Equitable Building, Baltimore. 

Secretary. 

ROBERT RIDDELL BROWN, 213 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. 

Treasurer. 

WILLIAM BOWLY WILSON, 216 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. 

Registrar. 

WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, 216 St Paul Street, Baltimore. 
Board of Managers. 

DANIEL COIT OILMAN, LL. D., JOHN WORTHINGTON HANSON, 

MOZART WILLIAM HAYDEN, CHARLES O'DONNELL LEE, 

WILMOT JOHNSON, JOHN SELDEN SAUNDERS, 

CLAYTON COLMAN HALL. 

Delegates to tlie General Society. 

EDWARD GRAHAM DAVES, 
JOHN SELDEN SAUNDERS, 
THOMAS WILLIAM HALL, 
WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, 
WILLIAM BOWLY WILSON. 

Alternates. 

JAMES A. BUCHANAN, 
DANIEL COIT OILMAN, LL. D., 
CHARLES O'DONNELL LEE, 
ROBERT BROWN MORISON, M. D., 
EUGENE FAUNTLEROY CORDELL, M. D. 



Total Membership to Date, - - - 68 

II 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^(ak of Cofotabo* 

Instituted February 22, i8g2. 



OKKICKRS. 

President. 

Right Reverbnu JOHN FRANKLIN SPAULUING, Denver, 
Bishop of Colorado. 

Vice-President. 

THOMAS HENRY EDSALL, Colorado Springs. 

Secretary and Registrar. 

PERSIFOR MARSDEN COOKE, M. D., 1290 Race Street, Denver. 

Treasurer. 

EDWARD LANE RAYMOND, State National Bank, Denver. 

Cliaplain. 

Rev. frank SPENCER SPALDING, Denver. 

Board of Managers. 

NATHANIEL PETER HILL, 

Major ALLAN HYRE JACKSON, U. S. A., 

JOHN LATHROP JEROME, 

WILLIAM GARRET FISHER, 

GEORGE WEBSTER PIERCE, 

SANDFORD CHARLES HINSDALE. 

JOHN LLOYD McNEIL, 

JOHN BOYD VROOM, 

HEDLEY VICAR COOKE, 

ORLANDO BLODGETT WILLCOX. 

Delegates to tlie General Society. 

Hon. NATHANIEL PETER HILL, 
FRANCIS CRISSEY YOUNG, 
RALPH VOORHEES. 



Total Membership to date, - - . 30 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^tak of (TUtnne^o^a* 

Instituted April //, 1893. 



okkice:rs. 

President. 

CHARLES PHELPS NOYES, St. Paul. 

Vice-President. 

Major JOHN H. PATTERSON, U. S. A., Fort Snelling, Minn. 

Secretary. 

RUKARD KURD, No. 32 E. Fourth Street, St. Paul. 

Treasurer. 

GEORGE C. SQUIRES, St. PauL 
Kegistrar. 

Col. CHARLES H. ALDEN, Assistant Surgeon General, U. S. A., St. Paul. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. EDWARD P. INGERSOLL, D. D., St. Paul. 

Board of Managers. 

Major C. K. VVINNE, Surgeon U. S. A., 
Captain JOSEPH HALE, U. S. A., 
GEORGE A. COURTRIGHT, 
Captain FAYETTE W. ROE, U. S. A., 
Major CLINTON B. SEARS, U. S. A., 
Captain PHILIP READE, U. S. A. 

Uelegrates to the General Society. 

CHARLES PHELPS NOYES, 
GEORGE C. SQUIRES, 
RUKARD HURD. 



Total Membership to date, 
13 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^tatt of O^io. 

Orgaiiiicd May 9, '8p^. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

General JEPTHA GARRARD, Cincinnati. 

Vice -President. 

GEORGK FXTWEED POMEROY, Tolido. 

Secretary 

ACHILLES HENRY PUGH, 126K Walnut Street, Cincinnati 

Treasurer. 

RALPH PETERS, Cincinnati. 

Historian. 

GUSTAVUS SCOTT FRANKLIN, Chillicothe. 

Reg:istrar. 

JOHN MARSHAL NEWTON, Cincinnati. 

Board of Managers. 

EDWARD LOWELL ANDERSON, 
CHRISTOPHER C. WAITE, 
ROBERT NELSON McCONNELL, 
JOHN NELSON ELDRIDGE, 
Ur. WILLIAM CARSON, 
Dr. JOSEPH E. ROYLAN. 



Total Membership (to May gth, 1893), - - 27 
14 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^tati of Catifomia, 

Instituted May 8th /Spj ; Incorporated May i^th, 1893. 



OKKICERS. 

President. 

HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, Los Angeles. 

Vice-President. 

Major W[LLIAM ANTHONY ELDERKIN, U. S. A. 

Secretary. 

Lieut. CHARLES LEE COLLINS, U. S. A. 

Treasurer. 

JOHN MINER CAREY MARBLE. 

Registrar. 

EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN. 



Total Membership (at incorporation), 

15 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^tak of Connecticut 

Tempore! rv Orga)ii^aiiou. 



OKKICERS. 

President. 

CoLONKL DVVIGHT MORRIS, Bridgeport. 

Secretary. 

CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY, Southport. 

Ti'easurer. 

Colonel H. W. WESSELLS, Litclifield. 

Committee on Credentials. 

Rbv. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Chairman, 
JOHN S.JONES, 
Rev. HENRY N. WAYNE. 
l6 



SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

^(aU of Qt^uo ^ampB^iu. 

Organised June ip, i8pj. 



OKKICKRS. 

President. 

Reverend HENRY EMERSON HOVEY, Portsmouth. 

Vice-President. 

ALEXANDER HAMILTON CAMPBELL, Concord. 

Secretary. 

THOMAS E. O. MARVIN, Portsmouth. 

Treasurer. 

STEPHEN DEC.'VTUR, Portsmouth. 

Registrar. 

HARRY B. CILLEY, Manchester. 

Historian. 

Professor RAPHAEL PUMPELLY, Dublin. 

Board of Managers. 

SAMUEL S. GREEN, Chairman. 

Rev. HENRY EMERSON HOVEY, 

THOMAS E. O. MARVIN, 

HARRV B. CILLEY, 

ALEXANDER HAMILTON CAMPBELL, 

STEPHEN DECATUR, 

Prof. RAPHAEL PUMPELLY, 

ALEXANDER H. LADD. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

ALEXANDER H. LADD, 
STEPHEN DECATUR, 
HENRY E. HOVEY. 

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THE CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 




SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 
REVOLUTION. 



It being evident, from the steady decline of a proper celebra- 
tion of the National holidaj's of the United States of America, 
that popular concern in the events and men of the War of the 
Revolution is gradually declining, and that such lack of interest 
is attributable, not so much to the lapse of time and the rapidly 
increasing flood of immigration from foreign countries, as to the 
neglect, on the part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes, to 
perform their duty in keeping before the public mind the mem- 
oi'y of the services of their ancestors and of the times in which 
they lived ; therefore, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution 
has been instituted to perpetuate the memory of the men who, in 
the military, naval, and civil service of the Colonies and of the 
Continental Congress, by their acts or counsel achieved the in- 
dependence of the country, and to further the proper celebration 
of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and of prom- 
inent events connected with the War of the Revolution ; to col- 
lect and secure for preservation the rolls, records, and other 
documents relating to that period ; to inspire the members of the 
Society with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and to pro- 
mote the feeling of friendship among them. 

The General Society shall be divided into State vSocieties, 
which shall meet annually on the day appointed therefor in their 
respective by-laws, and oftener if found expedient ; and at such 
annual meeting the reasons for the institution of the Society shall 
be considered and the best measures for carrying them into effect 
adopted. 



ao (^otttf of the laevolMtion. 

The State Societies, at each annual meeting, shall choose, by 
a majority of the votes present, a president, a vice-president, a 
secretary, a registrar, a treasurer, a chaplain, and such other offi- 
cers as may by them respectively be deemed necessarv, together 
with a board of managers consisting of these officers and of nine 
other members, all of whom shall retain their respective positions 
until their successors are duly chosen. 

Each State Societ}'^ shall cause to be transmitted annually, or 
oftener, to the other State Societies, a circular-letter calling at- 
tention to \\'hatever may be thought worthy of observation re- 
specting the welfare of the Society or of the general union of the 
States, and giving information of the officers chosen for the 
year ; and copies of these letters shall also be transmitted to the 
general secretary to be preserved among the records of the Gen- 
eral Society. 

The State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting their 
own affairs, consistent with the general good of the Societ}' ; 
judge of the qualification of their members, or of those proposed 
for membership, subject, however, to the provisions of this Con- 
stitution ; and expel any member who, l)y conduct unbecoming 
a gentleman or a man of honor, or by an opposition to the inter- 
ests of the community in general or the Society in particular, 
ma}' render himself unworthy to continue in membership. 

In order to form funds that may be respectable, each member 
shall contribute upon his admission to the Society, and annually 
thereafter, such sums as the By-Laws of the respective State 
Societies may require ; but any of such State Societies may pro- 
vide for the endowment of memberships by the payment of 
proper sums in capitalization, which sums shall be properly in- 
vested as a permanent fimd, the income only of vvhicli shall be 
expended. 

The regular meeting of the General Society shall be held every 
three years, and special meetings may be held upon the order of 
the general president, or upon the request of two of the State So- 
cieties, and such meetings shall consist of the general officei's and 
a representation not exceeding five deputies from each State So- 
ciety, and the necessary expenses of such meeting shall be borne 
by the State Societies. 

At the regular meeting a general president, vice-president, 



atan^titniion. 



21 



secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, and 
chaplain shall be chosen by a majority of the votes present to 
serve until the next regular general meeting, or until their suc- 
cessors are duly chosen. 

At each general meeting the circular-letters which have been 
transmitted by the several State Societies shall be considered, and 
all measures taken which shall conduce to the general welfare of 
the Society. 

The General Society shall have power, at any meeting, to ad- 
mit State Societies thereto, and to entertain and determine all 
questions affecting the qualification for membership in or the 
welfare of any State Society as may by proper memorial be 
pi-esented by such State Society for consideration. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good 
character, and a descendant of one who, as a military, naval, or 
marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual service, under 
the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States, or of the 
Continental Congress, and remaining always loyal to such 
authority, or a descendant of one who signed the Declaration of 
Independence, or of one who, as a member of the Continental 
Congress or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or 
as an official appointed by or under the authority of any such 
legislative bodies, actually assisted in the establishment of 
American Independence by services rendered during the War of 
the Revolution, becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason 
against the government of Great Britain, but remaining always 
loyal to the authority of the Colonies or States, shall be eligible 
to membership in the Society. 

The secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the 
general secretary a list of the members thereof, together with the 
names and official designations of those from whom such members 
derive claim to membership ; and thereafter, upon the admission 
of members in each State Society, the secretary thereof shall 
transmit to the general secretary information respecting such 
members similar to that therein required. 

The Society shall have an insignia, which shall be a badge 
suspended from a ribbon by a ring of gold ; the badge to be 
elliptical in form, with scalloped edges, one and one-quarter 
inches in length, and one and one-eighth inches in width ; the 



22 ^onsi of the '^tvolutim, 

whole surmounted by a gold eagle, with wings displayed, in- 
verted ; on the obverse side a medallion of gold in the centre, 
elliptical in form, bearing on its face the figure of a soldier in 
Continental uniform with musket slung ; beneath, the figures 1 775 ; 
the medallion surrounded by thirteen raised gold stars of five 
points each upon a border of dark blue enamel. On the reverse 
side, in the centre, a medallion corresponding in form to that on 
the obverse, and, also in gold, bearing on its face the Houdon 
portrait of Washington in bas-relief, encircled by the legend. 
Sons of the Revolution; beneath, the figures 1883; and upon 
the reverse of the eagle the number of the badge to be engraved ; 
the medallion to be surrounded by a plain gold border conform- 
ing in dimensions to the obverse ; the ribbon shall be dark blue, 
ribbed and watered, edged with buff, one and one-quarter inches 
wide, and one and one-half inches in displayed length. 

The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the members on 
all occasions when they assemble as such for any stated purpose 
or celebration, and may be worn on any occasions of ceremony ; 
it shall be carried conspicuously on the left breast, but members 
who are or have been officers of the Society may wear the insignia 
suspended from the ribbon around the neck. 

The custodian of the insignia shall be the general secretary, 
who shall issue them to members of the Society under such 
proper rules as may be formulated by the General Society, and 
he shall keep a register of such issues wherein each insignia 
issued may be identified by the number thereof. 

The seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths inches in 
diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a Minute-Man in 
Continental uniform, standing on a ladder leading to a l)elfry ; 
in his left hand he holds a musket and an olive branch, whilst 
his right grasps a bell rope ; above, the cracked Liberty Bell, 
issuing thei-efrom a ribbon bearing the motto of the Society, 
Exegi monnmciitiim cere perennius; across the top of the 
ladder, on a ribbon, the figures 1776; and on the left of the 
Minute-Man, and also on a ribbon, the figures 1S83, the year of 
the formation of the Society ; the whole encircled by a band 
three-eighths of one inch wide ; thereon at the top thirteen stars 
of five points each ; at the bottom the name of the General 
Society, or of the State Society to which the seal belongs. 



SOCIETY OF 

THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTI 

IN THE 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

[Incorporated on the i8th day of December, 1889.J 




BY-LAWS. 

SECTION I. 

Members shall be elected as follows : Candidates shall send 
their respective applications and documents, or other proofs of 
qualification for membership, through the Secretary, to the Board 
of Managei's, which is authorized to judge of the merits of an ap- 
plication in such manner as it may deem best. Upon a favorable 
decision of said Board, and upon payment of the initiation fee, 
applicants shall thereupon become members of the Society. 

No person shall be admitted to membership unless he shall 
have first made written application therefor, approved by two 
members over their signatures. 

SECTION II. 

The initiation fee shall be five dollars ; the annual dues, three 
dollars ; or the payment at one time of seventy-five dollars shall 
constitute a life member, and the member so paying shall thence- 
forth be exempt from the payment of annual dues. 

Members admitted during the last quarter of any year shall be 
exempted fi^om the payment of dues for that year. 

Any member who may contribute one hundred and fifty' dol- 
lars to the permanent use of the Society shall be exempt from 
the payment of annual dues, and this exemption shall extend in 



24 J^<*tti^ 9^ tl»f Revolution. 

perpetuity to his lineal successors in membership, one at a time, 
who may be selected for such exemption by the Society. 

SECTION III. 

In order to form funds which may be respectable, and assist 
the unfortunate, all life-membership fees or donations for 
the purpose which shall hereafter be paid the Society shall re- 
main forever to the use of the Society ; the interest only of which, 
if necessary, to be appropriated to the relief of the unfortunate. 

SECTION IV. 

The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the third day of 
December in every year, at which a general election of officers 
by ballot shall take place, except when such date shall fall on 
Sunday, in which case the meeting shall be held on the follow- 
ing day. In such election, a majority of the ballots given for any 
office shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first ballot, no per- 
son shall receive such majority, then a further balloting shall 
take place in which a plurality of votes given for any ofKce shall 
determine the choice therefor. 

SECTION V. 

At all meetings of the Society one-quarter of the total mem- 
bership shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

SECTION VI. 

The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, or in his 
absence, a chairman pro tefnpore., shall preside at all meetings 
of the Society and of the Board of Managers, and shall exercise 
the usual functions of a presiding officer, under general parlia- 
mentary rules, subject to an appeal to the Society in proper cases 
under those rules. The President shall be, ex officio^ a member 
of all committees. He shall represent the Society in every coun- 
cil for which the Society shall not have chosen a representative 
either specially for such Coimcil or for a definite period during 
which such Council may be called. 



He shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings of the 
Society at such times as he may see fit. 

He shall also perform such other representative duties on behalf 
of the Society, either personally or by correspondence, as it or 
the Board of Managers may find desirable or necessary, or as 
customarily appertain to his office, and shall enforce a strict ob- 
servance of the Constitution, By-Laws, and Standing Regulations. 

In case of his decease, resignation, neglect to serve, or inability 
from any cause to act as President, the duties of the office shall 
devolve on the Vice-Pi-esident, until the vacancy caused by such 
decease, resignation, or neglect to serve, shall be filled, or until 
the inability shall cease. 

SECTION VII. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the 
Society and keep a record thereof. He shall notify all qualified 
and accepted candidates of their admission, and perform such 
other duties as the Society, Board of Managers, or his office may 
require of him. He shall have charge of the seal, by-laws, 
historical and other documents and records of the Society other 
than those required to be deposited with the Registrar and 
Historian, and shall affix the seal to all properly authenticated 
ceitificates of membership, and transmit the same without delay 
to the member for whom it is issued or to his proper repre- 
sentative. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify 
all acts of the Society, and, in pi-oper cases, authenticate them 
under seal. He shall have charge of all printing and publica- 
tions directed by the Society or by the Board of Managers. He 
shall give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the 
Society, and of the Board of Managers, and shall attend the 
same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the pro- 
ceedings and orders of the Society, and of the Board of Managers, 
and shall give notice to the several officers of all votes, orders, 
resolves, and proceedings of the Society or the Board of Man- 
agers, affecting them or appertaining to their respective duties ; 
and, at the annual meeting, and oftener, if required, shall report 
to the Society the names of those candidates who have been 
admitted to membership, and also the names of those mem- 



26 ^^^^ f>^ the Revolution. 

bers whose resignations or voluntary withdrawals have been con- 
sented to and accepted, and also the names of those members who 
have been expelled or dropped for non-payment of dues, or who 
have been received or dropped from the roll by transfer since the 
last report. In his absence from any meeting, a Secretary pro 
tempore may be designated therefor. 

SECTION VIII. 

The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities 
of the Soci(?ty ; and as often as those funds shall amount to one 
hundred dollars they shall be deposited in some bank in the City 
of Washington to the credit of the Society of the Sons of the 
Revolution, and shall be drawn thence on the check of the 
Treasurer for the purposes of the Society only. Out of these 
fluids he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Society 
or by the Board of Managers, and shall perform such other duties 
as the Society, Board of Managers, or his office may require of 
him. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, 
and, at each annual meeting, render the same to the vSociety, 
when a committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. 

For the faithful performance of his duty he shall give such 
security as the Society, or Board of Managers in lieu of its action 
thereon, may from time to time require. 

SECTION IX. 

At every annual meeting the President may designate a Chap- 
lain and a Historian for the ensuing year from among the mem- 
bers ; and, in case of the happening of a vacancy in either of these 
offices, the President may, in like manner, fill such vacancy for 
the unexpired term. 

The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister of a 
Christian denomination, and it shall be his duty to open and 
close all meetings with customary chaplaincy sei'vice, and per- 
form such other duties as ordinarily pertain to such office. 

The Historian shall keep a detailed record of all the historical 
and commemorative celebrations of the Society ; he shall edit and 
prepare for publication such historical addresses, essays, papers, 



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and other documents of an historical character, other than a 
Register of Members, as the Secretary may be required to pub- 
lish ; and at every annual meeting, if there shall be a necrological 
list for the year then closing, he shall submit the same with 
carefully prepared biographies of the deceased members. 

SECTION X. 

The Board of Managers shall be fifteen, namely : The Presi- 
dent, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, and Chap- 
lain, ex officio^ and nine other members, who shall be elected at 
the annual meeting in every year in the same manner as the 
officers of the Society. 

They shall judge of the qualifications of every candidate who 
shall make proper application for admission to the Society, and 
shall have power to admit him to membership therein if found 
eligible under the Constitution. 

They may arrange for commemorative celebrations by the 
Society. 

They shall recommend plans to the Society for promoting its 
purposes, and, when practicable, may digest and prepare business 
for it meetings. 

They shall generally superintend the interests and shall have 
the control and management of the affairs and funds of the So- 
ciety, as authorized by law. They shall also perform such duties 
as may be prescribed by the Constitution or By-Laws, or re- 
quired by any standing regulation or resolve of the Society. 
They shall be competent to consent to and to accept the resigna- 
tion or voluntary withdrawal from membership of any enrolled 
member of the Society. 

They shall supervise all publications issued in its name, and 
they may require the attendance of any member of the Society 
enrolled therein, or any Committee thereof, at any meeting, for 
consultation and advice. 

The Board of Managers shall meet as often as they may desire, 
or at the call of the President, or upon the written request of 
any three members of the same. 

Five of the Board of Managers shall be a quorum for the trans- 
action of business. 



28 J^onis' ot tht ^tvolution. 

At every annual meeting they shall submit to the Society a 
general report of their proceedings during the year then closing. 

SECTION XL 

The Registrar shall have possession of all documents pertain- 
ing to the descent of members of the Society. He shall also keep 
an accurate Register of members of the Society. 

SECTION XII. 

Upon the demand of fixe members at any meeting of the So- 
ciety the ayes and nays shall be called on any pending motion or 
resolve which may be voted upon and duly entered on the min- 
utes. 

SECTION XIII. 

No person who may be enrolled as a member in this Society 
shall be permitted to continue in membership where the proofs 
of claim of qualification by descent are found to be defective and 
insufficient to substantiate such claim, or not properly authenti- 
cated. The Society or the Board of Managers may, at any time 
after thiity days' notice to such person to properly substantiate 
or authenticate his claim, require the Secretary to erase his name 
from the list of members, and such person shall thereupon cease 
to be a member : Provided^ He shall have failed or neglected to 
comply satisfactorily with such notice. 

Where the Board of Managers shall direct the erasure of a 
person's name for a cause comprehended under this section, such 
person shall have a right of appeal to the next annual meeting ; 
but he shall not be restored to membership unless by a majority 
vote on that occasion, or at a subsequent meeting to which the 
consideration of the appeal may have been specifically postponed. 

SECTION XIV. 

The Board of Managers shall have power to expel any en- 
rolled member of this Society who, by conduct unbecoming a 
gentleman and a man of honor, or by an opposition to the inter- 



ests of the community in general, or of this Society in particular, 
may render himself unworthy to continue a member, or who 
shall persistently transgress, or, without good excuse, wilfully 
neglect the performance of any obligation enjoined by the Con- 
stitution, or by these By-Laws, or by any standing regulation of 
this Society : Provided^ That he shall have received at least ten 
days' notice of the complaint preferred against him, and of the 
time and place for hearing the same, and have been thereby 
afforded an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. 

Whenever the cause of expulsion shall not have involved tur- 
pitude or moral un worthiness, any member thus expelled may, 
upon the recommendation of the Board of Managers, but not 
otherwise, be restored to membership by the Society at any meet- 
ing. 

The Board of Managers shall also have power to drop from 
the Roll the name of any enrolled member of the Society who 
shall be at least two years in arrears in the payment of dues, and 
who, on notice to pay the same, shall fail and neglect to do so 
within ten days thereafter, and, upon being thus dropped, his 
membership shall cease and determine, but he may be restored 
to membership at any time by the Board of Managers on his ap- 
plication therefor, and upon his payment of all such an^ears and 
of the annual dues from the date when he was dropped to the 
diite of his restoi-atlon. The Board of Managers may also sus- 
pend any officer from the performance of his duties for cause, 
which proceeding must be reported to the Society and acted upon 
by it within thirty days, either by rescission of the suspension or 
removal of the suspended officer from office, or otherwise the 
suspension shall cease. 

SECTION XV. 

Whenever an officer of this Society sliall die, resign, or neglect 
to serve, or be unable to properly perform the duties of his office 
by reason of absence, sickness, or other cause, the President shall 
have power to appoint a member to such office fro tempore^ who 
shall act in such capacity until the Society shall elect a successor, 
or until the inability due to " absence, sickness, or other cause " 
shall cease : Provided^ hoxvever^ That the office of President 



^o <r>0Hiei of the ISevolutwn. 

shall not thus be filled when there shall be a Vice-President to 
enter upon its duties. 

Subject to these provisions, all officers of the Society and the 
members of the Board of Managers shall, from the time of their 
election or appointment, continue in their respective offices until 
the next annual meeting, and until their respective successors 
shall be duly chosen. 

SECTION XVI. 

No resignation or voluntary withdrawal from membership of 
any member enrolled in this Society shall become effective as a 
release from the obligations thereof, unless consented to and ac- 
cepted by the Board of Managers. 

SECTION XVII. 

It shall be a Standing Rule that, upon the decease of any 
member residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the Society, 
notice thereof and of the time and place of the funeral shall be 
given by the Secretary by publication, and it shall thereupon be- 
come the duty of the members, when practicable, to attend the 
obsequies. 

Any member, upon being informed of the decease of a mem- 
ber, resident as stated, shall make it his business to see that the 
Secretary is promptly notified of the fact. 

SECTION XVIII. 

No amendment to these By-Laws shall be made except upon 
the unanimous consent of a quorum of the Board of Managers, 
or of two-thirds of a quorum of the Society present at a regularly 
called meeting. 

SECTION XIX. 

It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary, 
by written communication, of his place of residence and of any 
change thereof, and of his post-office address. 

Service of any notice under the Constitution or under these 
By-Laws upon any member of the Society, addressed to him at 
his last recorded place of residence or post-office address and for- 
warded bv mail, shall be deemed sufficient service of such notice. 



(^mUve^ip (^iott 



(memBere^tj) (Boff. 



[Members who observe any errors in this roll will please inform the 
Registrar.] 

JOHN B. ABBOTT, 

Grandson of Amos Abbott, Captain in Joshua Abbott's ' 

Company, Col. John Stark's Regiment. Was a United 
States pensioner at time of death. 

ANTHONY COLLIS ADDISON, 

Great-great-grandson of Andrew Leitch, Major Virginia 
Continental Line. Killed at the action of Harlaem 
Heights, 1776. 

PHILIP ROUNSEVILLE ALGER, 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Levi Rounseville, 9th Massa- 
chusetts Regiment. 

HENRY TUREMAN ALLEN, N 

Great-grandson of Major John Allen. 

DAVIS CARNEAL ANDERSON, 

Grandson of Brig.-Gen. Richard Clough Anderson, 6th 
Regiment Virginia Continental Infantry ; original mem- 
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

EDWARD LOWELL ANDERSON, 

Great-grandson of Richard Clough Anderson, Captain and 
Lieutenant-Colonel 5th Virginia Continental Line ; Brig- 
adier-General Virginia militia ; Aide-de-camp to Lafay- 
ette, and original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



34 ^i^'is ('^ thf ilcvolutiou. 

FREDERICK POPE ANDERSON, 

Graiuls(;n of Brig. -Gen. Richard Clough Anderson, 6th 
Regiment Virginia Continental Infantry; original mem- 
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

GEORGE BURGWYN ANDERSON, 

Great-grandson of Percival Butler, 2d Lieutenant 3d Penn- 
sylvania Regiment ; served until the surrender at York- 
town ; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

GEORGE SMITH ANDERSON, 

Great-great-grandson of Gauin McCoy, Captain ist Bat- 
talion Somerset County (New Jersey) State Troops. 

EBEN DODGE APPLETON, 

Great-grandson of Robert Dodge, of Ipswich, Lieutenant, 
Captain, Major, and Colonel of Massachusetts Troops, 

DAVISSON ARMSTRONG, 

Grandson of William Armstrong, Ensign Capt. William 
Bratten's Company, Col. William Irvine's Regiment, 7th 
Pennsylvania Line. 

HIRAM W. AUSTIN, 

Great-great-grandson of LTriah Austin, mustered in August 
36, 1777? ^^1' Burgoyne's Campaign, Capt. Wadsworth's 
Company, Col. Thadeus Cook's Regiment; discharged 
November 3, 1777. 

WILLIAM WATSON AYRES, 

Great-grandson of John Ayres, of Dauphin County, Penn- 
sylvania ; in 1775 a private in Capt. Matthew Smith's 
Company of RiRemen, and afterward in Capt. James 
Murray's Company, of Col. James Burd's Fourth Bat- 
talion, of Lancaster County. 

Great-great-grandson of William Ayres, a private in Capt. 
James Murray's Company, of Col. James Burd's Fourth 
Battalion, of Lancaster County. 



RENE BACHE, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. 

RICHARD N. BATCHELDER, 

Great-grandson of Nathan Batchelder, member Committee 
of Safety, and of 3d and 4th Provincial Congresses, 
1775 i Major, Col. Stickney's Regiment, New Hampshire 
Line. 

LAWRENCE V. BENET, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Helm ist Lieutenant 3d 
Battalion Virginia Forces. 

FRANK H. BIGELOW, ^ 

Great-great-grandson of Josiah Bigelow, Lieutenant, Capt. 
Israel Whitmore's Militia Company of Artillery. 

Great-grandson of Convers Bigelow, private Capt. Samuel 
Lawson's Militia Company. 

Great-grandson of Elijah Travis, private Capt. Benjamin 
Gates' Company, Col. Manter's Regiment, 1776 ; private, 
Lieut. Samuel Lamb's Company, 1776; and private, 
Capt. Abel Holden's Company, Col. Nixon's Regiment, 
May, 177S. 

Great-grandson of Nathan Hagar, private, Capt. Benjamin 
Gates' Company, Col. Manter's Regiment, 1776 ; private, 
Lieut. Samuel Lamb's Company, 1776; and private, 
Capt. Abel Holden's Company, Col. Nixon's Regiment, 
May, 1778. 

BENJAMIN LEWIS BLACKFORD, 

Grandson of John Minor, of Hazel Hill ; cadet and private 

under General Nelson. 
Great-grandson of John Minor, of Caroline, Major in the 

Virginia Line. 

MONTGOMERY BLAIR, 

Great-grandson of Nathaniel Gist, Colonel and General 
Continental Army. 



Great-great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, of Capt. Taylor's 
Company, New Hampshire Troops, 1775; Signer Dec- 
laration of Revolution, 1776; Member of Committee of 
Safety and Delegate to State Convention. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, volunteer under Gen. Sulli- 
van, 1778; 3d ofiicer of Capt. Dennis' ship; promoted 
to ist Lieutenant. 

Grandson of James Woodbury, Signer Declaration of Revo- 
lution, 1776. 

WOODBURY BLAIR, 

Great-grandson of Nathaniel Gist, Colonel and General 
Continental Army. 

Great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, of Captain Taylor's 
Company, New Hampshire Troops, 1775; Signer Dec- 
laration of Revolution, 1776; member of Committee 
of Safety and Delegate to State Convention. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, volunteer under General 
Sullivan, 177S; 3d Officer of Capt. Dennis' ship; pro- 
moted to 1st Lieutenant. 

Grandson of James Woodbury, Signer Declaration of Rev- 
olution, 1776. 

THOMAS BLAGDEN, 

Great-grandson of General Gold Selleck Silliman, Colonel 
4th Connecticut Militia; May, 1776, Colonel in regular 
service; August, 1776, Brigadier General ; June, 1776, ap- 
pointed by the Legislature to command all the Cavalry of 
Connecticut. 

STANHOPE E. BLUNT, 

Great-great-grandson of John Blunt, a member of the New 
Hampshire Legislature, 1778 to 1781. 

FRANK BOWERS BOURN, 

Great-great-grandson of John Wilcox, one of the officers 
assisting General Barton in the capture of Major-General 
Prescott, July 9, 1777. 



Pmtr«tfi6liijj fall. 37 

BENJAMIN BOYLAN BRADFORD, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Killett Bradford, Captain, Aide- 
de-camp to General George Weedon. 

JOSEPH EDWARD BOYLAN, 

Great-great-grandson of Oliver Spencer, Colonel of Spencer's 
Regiment, Continental Army, 1777. 

DAVID J. BREWER, 

Great-grandson of Timothy Field, Sergt.-Major 7th Con- 
necticut Regiment, 1776; ist Lieutenant, afterwards 
Captain, of Connecticut Company raised to protect the 
shore, 1781. 

JOHN JONES BRICE, 

Great-grandson of Col, Benjamin Wilson, commanding Vir- 
ginia Troops, and Delegate to Convention. 

Great-grandson of William Brice, Ensign in Pennsylvania 
Line under Col. Evan Evans, Lieutenant under Colonel 
Sterling, and commissioned Captain by General Washing- 
ton. 

ALBERT FRANKLIN BROOKS, 

Grandson of Joshua Brooks, private in Capt. Wm, Smith's 

Company, Col. Abijah Pierce's Regiment of Minute Men. 
Great-grandson of Daniel Batchelder, private in Capt. Philip 

Putnam's Company, Col. Moses Nichols' New Hampshire 

Regiment. 
Great-grandson of Caleb Maynard, private in Capt. Abijah 

Smith's Company, Col. Enoch Hale's New Hampshire 

Regiment. 

BARRY BULKLEY, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Peacock, Sergeant Capt. 
Van Keuren's Company, Col. Newkirk's Regiment, New 
York State Troops. 



38 ^^^^ of ikt ^tvoHt'mx, 

WILLIAM DANIEL CABELL, 

Great-grandson of William Cabell, member of the Revolu- 
tionary Conventions, and of the Virginia Committee of 
Safety. 

CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL, 

Great-great-grandson of Elias Dayton, Brigadier-General 
Continental Army. 

JOHN LEE CARROLL, 

Great-grandson of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. 

CHARLES SHIRLEY CARTER, 

Great-grandson of Thomas Nelson, Jr., Signer of the Dec- 
laration of Independence ; Commander-in-Chief of Vir- 
ginia State Forces ; Governor of Virginia ; Major-General 
Yorktown Campaign. 

ROBERT S. CHILTON, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of George Brent, member of Commit- 
tee of Safety and Observation, of Stafford County, Vir- 
ginia, July, 1774, to devise means to resist the tax of Great 
Britain, and to encourage the people of Boston. 

GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE, 

Great-grandson of David Carswell, a private in Captain 
Sharswood's Company, Colonel Lewis Graham's New 
York regiment. 

SEYMOUR CUNNINGHAM, 

Great-grandson of Col. Johannes Knickerbocker, of the 
14th Regiment, Albany (New York) County Militia. 



RICHARD GRAHAM DAVENPORT, 

Great-grandson of Richard Graham, member of Committee 
of Safety and Observation of Prince William County, Vir- 
ginia, and Commissioner of Revenue for the support of 
the Revolution. 

Great-great-grandson of George Brent, member Committee 
of Safety and Observation, Stafford County, Virginia. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Judge Charles Jones, Com- 
missioner of Revenue for Support of the War, and first 
Judge of Montgomery County, Maryland (1777). 

Great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Love, Sr., member 
Committee of Safety and Observation, of Charles County, 
Maryland; also member Maryland Convention, 1774. 

Great-grandson of Jonathan Davenport, of Rhode Island, 
private in Colonel Archibald Crary's Regiment. 

LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS, 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Santford, Capt. Spencer's 
additional regiment Continental Line ; original member 
of the Society of the Cincinnati. 
Great-grandson of Matthew Davis, Major and Commissary 
of New York Militia. 

RICHARD GRAIN DEAN, 

Great-grandson of Robert Whitehill, member of Continental 
Congress, 1776; Council of Safety, 1777; andof Supreme 
Executive Council, 1779. 

Great-grandson of Joseph Grain, ist Lieutenant, Capt. 
Richard McQiieene's Company, Col. Timothy Greene's 
Battalion, Lancaster County, 1776 ; Captain 6th Battalion, 
Col. John Rogers. 

CHARLES DODGE, Jr., 

Great-grandson of Robert Dodge, Colonel of a Massachusetts 
Regiment in the Revolutionary War. 

HARRISON HOWELL DODGE, 

Great-grandson of Robert Dodge ; Lieutenant, Captain, 
Major, and Colonel of Massachusetts Volunteers ; served 
during the entire war. 



40 ^on^ of the Itfvolutiou. 

PICKERING DODGE, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Howard, who, with others, dis- 
guised as Indians, threw the tea overboard from the '■'■Dari- 
mou^//," in Boston Harbor, December i6, 1773. 

GEORGE WILLIAM DOUGLAS, 

Great-great-grandson of iVsa Douglas, Major 17th Regi- 
ment, King's District, New York (Wm. B. Whiting, 
Colonel). 

Great-great-grandson of David Sutherland, Colonel 6th Reg- 
iment, Dutchess County, N. Y. 

RICHARD THOMAS WALKER DUKE, Jr., 

Great-grandson of William Eskridge, First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant 2d Virginia Regiment, Colonial Establish- 
ment. 

CLARENCE EDWARD DUTTON, 

Great-grandson of Col. William Douglas, of the 6th Regi- 
ment Connecticut Line. 

EUGENE ELLICOTT, 

Great-great-grandson of Daniel Carroll. 

GEORGE HENRY ELLIOT, 

Great-grandson of John Tidd, of Lexington, a member of 
Capt. Parker's Company of Minute Men. 

WILLIAM GEORGE ELLIOT, 

Great-great-grandson of John Tidd, of Lexington, a mem- 
ber of Captain Parker's Company of Minute Men. 

JOHN HABERSHAM ELLIOTT, 

Grandson of William Elliott, private in Captain Edward 
Barnwell's Company, and Captain Alexander's Com- 
pany, South Carolina Troops. 



OSWALD HERBERT ERNST, 

Great-grandson of Dr. Ephraim Otis, member of the Revo- 
lutionary Committee appointed by the town of Scituate in 
1774", and Surgeon in the War. 

SAMUEL RHOADS FRANKLIN, 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Rhoads, member of the 
First Congress. 

Great-grandson of Col. Jonas Simonds, of the 6th Conti- 
nental Infantry. 

GUSTAVUS SCOTT FRANKLIN, 

Great-grandson of Gustavus Scott, member " Association of 
Freemen," 1775; elected to Convention from Somerset 
County, 1774; also elected to Continental Congress, 1784. 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Love, member of Commit- 
tee of Safety ; also of Maryland Convention and Com- 
mittee of Observation. 

Great-gteat-grandson of Charles Jones, member Committee 
on Arms and Ammunition, Frederick County, Maryland, 
and Judge of Maryland Court, Frederick County, Mary- 
land. 

ARTHUR TAYLOR GOLDSBOROUGH, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de- 
camp to General Washington ; original member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

EDMUND KENNEDY GOLDSBOROUGH, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de- 
camp to General Washington ; original member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

RICHARD FRANCIS GOLDSBOROUGH, 

Great-great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and 
Aide-de-camp to General Washington ; original member 
of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



42 ^^^^ "^ thf ^evoluttctt. 

RICHARD HENRY GOLDSBOROUGH, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aid-de- 
camp to General Washington ; original member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

GREEN CLAY GOODLOE, 

Great-great-grandson of Green Clay, Delegate to the Virginia 
Convention. 

Great-grandson of James Speed, Lieutenant in Cocke's Vir- 
ginia Militia Regiment. 

GEORGE FORREST GREEN, 

Grandson of Lieut. -Col. Uriah Forrest, Maryland Line. 

OSCEOLA C. GREEN, 

Grandson of Lieut. -Col. Uriah Forrest, Maryland Line. 

EDWARD RANDOLPH GREER, 

Great-great-grandson of Eliphalet King, First Lieutenant in 
the 2 2d Regiment Continentals. 

JAMES AGUSTIN GREER, 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Eliphalet King, of the 32d Conti- 
nental Regiment. 

JAMES WEBB GREER, 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. Eliphalet King, of the 22d 
Continental Regiment. 

WILLIAM BROOKS GURLEY, 

Great-grandson of Roswell Post, soldier with Ethan Allen 
at Ticonderoga, and with Stark at Bennington ; member 
of Board of Selectmen of Rutland, Vermont, 1780 and 
1782. 

CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY, 

Great-grandson of Roswell Post, soldier with Ethan Allen 
at Ticonderoga, and with Stark at Bennington ; member 
of Board of Selectmen of Rutland, Vermont, 1780 and 
1782. 



FRANK WARREN HACKETT, 

Great-great-grandson of Jeremiah Hackett, Ensign in Col. 
Henry Gerrish's Regiment, New Hampshire Militia. 

MARK BURKLE HATCH, 

Great-great-grandson of Moses Porter, Major Connecticut 
Volunteers, 1777. 

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL HAVERSTICK, 

Great-grandson of William Haverstick, Lieutenant Fourth 
Battalion, Philadelphia, Penn., Troops. 

GEORGE HENDERSON, 

Great-grandson of Colonel John Haslet, Commander ist Del- 
aware Regiment; killed at the battle of Princeton, Jan- 
uary 3, 1777, 

JAMES MALCOLM HENRY, 

Great-grandson of John Henry, Captain in First Conti- 
nental Artillery. 

Great-great-grandson of Zachariah Forrest, member of Com- 
mittee of Safety and Observation for St. Mary's County, 
Maryland, 1774; and first Judge in St. Mary's County, 
Maryland. 

Great-great-grandson of David Crauford, Signer of the "Dec- 
laration of the Freemen of Maryland," July 25, 1775; 
Commissioner of Revenue for the Support of the War ; 
member of the Committee of Safety and Observation ; Del- 
egate to Provincial Convention, i774-'5; and first Judge 
of Prince George's County, Maryland. 

JOHN WILLIAM HENRY, 

Great-grandson of John Henry, Captain in First Conti- 
nental Artillery. 

Great-great-grandson of Zachariah Forrest, member of Com- 
mittee of Safety and Observation for St. Mary's County, 
Maryland, 1774; and first Judge in St. Mary's County, 
Maryland. 



44 £^*».«' 0^ *h^ ^niolutiott. 

Great-great-grandson of David Crauford, Signer of the "Dec- 
laration of the Freemen of Maryland," July 25, 1775; 
Commissioner of Revenue for the Support of the War ; 
member of the Committee of Safety and Observation ; 
Delegate to Provincial Convention, i774-'5 ; and first Judge 
of Prince George's County, Maryland. 

HENRY HETH, 

Grandson of Harry Heth, Captain and Major ist Virginia 
Regiment ; member of the Cincinnati. 

ROBERT HINCKLEY, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Hinckley, who was wounded at 
battle of White Plains ; private in Col. Danforth Heyes' 
Regiment, 1777; served also in 1778, 

ARCHIBALD HOPKINS, 

Great-grandson of Col. Mark Hopkins, 1st Massachusetts 
Infantry. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. David Rossiter, 2d Massachu- 
setts Infantry. 

ARTHUR BAINBRIDGE-HOFF, 

Great-great-grandson of John Hughes, Lieutenant' 4th Penn- 
sylvania Regiment, and Brigade Qiiartermaster of Gen- 
eral Wayne's Brigade. 

ALFRED BYRNE HORNER, 

Great-grandson of William Edmonds, Colonel First Battalion 
Virginia Militia, 1778. 

RICHARD HOVEY, 

Great-great-grandson of Benjamin Farnum, Captain in 
Colonel James Frye's regiment. 



FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER, 

Great-great-grandson of Judge Edward Shippen, President 
of the Committee of "Inspection and Observation " at 
Lancaster, Pa.; died, 1781. 

GAILLARD HUNT, 

Great-great-grandson of Robert R. Livingston. 

THOMAS HYDE, 

Great-grandson of Thomas Hyde of Severn. 

THOMAS HYDE, Jr., 

Great-great-great-grandson of John Bull, Colonel ist Penn- 
sylvania Battalion, 1775; commissioned to treat with 
Indians, i777> ^" command of Billingsport fortifications, 
and Adjutant General of Pennsylvania in 1779 ; succeeded 
to command of 2d Brigade Pennsylvania Militia on capture 
of General Irwin ; Delegate to Provincial Conference, 
January and June, 1775 ; member of Pennsylvania Board 
of War and Council of Safety. 

RALPH JENKINS, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Gen. Moris Hatfield. 

R. DICKINSON JEWETT, 

Great-great-grandson of David H. Jewett, Surgeon in 
Continental Army. 

CUTHBERT BULLITT STEWART JONES, 

Great-great-grandson of James Dunlop, of Hopewell Town- 
ship, Pa., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Tenth Pennsylvania 
Regiment of the Continental Line. 

FRANCOIS CHARLES BARRIERE STEWART JONES, 

Great-gi-eat-grandson of James Dunlop, Lieutenant-Colonel 
of the Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental 
Line. 



46 ^o«.a ot the ^evolutton. 

HENRY GREENWAY KEMP, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Gen. Thomas Nelson, Signer 
of the Declaration of Independence, Commander of Vir- 
ginia State forces. Governor of Virginia, and Major-Gen- 
eral in the Continental Army. 

MARK BRICKELL KERR, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Matthias Brickell, Hertford 
County Militia. 

CHARLES EUSTON KINCAID, 

Great-grandson of Ensign James Kincaid, of Capt. Joseph 
Kincaid's Company of Virginia Volunteers. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Peter Evans. Col. Wheeden's 
Virginia Regiment. 



^OL cl : WILLIAM MATTHEWS LAY, 

9- 



' _ ^ i"/f^3 Great-great-grandson of Asa Lay, Lieutenant, 1777, St^ 

^ Connecticut Regiment, Colonel Baron Steuben's Staff. 

CAZENOVE G. LEE, 

Great-grandson of Richard Henry Lee. 

ALEXANDER BROWN LEGARE, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legar6, member of Coun- 
cil of Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 

BALIE PEYTON LEGARE, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legar^, member of Coun- 
cil of Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 

HUGH SWINTON LEGARE, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legare, member of Coun- 
cil of Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 



JOHN ALEXANDER LOCKWOOD, 

Great-grandson of Allan McLane, volunteer Great Bridge 
Fight, near Norfolk, Virginia, i775 i Lieutenant in Rod- 
ney's Delaware Regiment ; retired at Yorktown with rank 
of Colonel. 

Great-great-grandson of George Read, Signer of Declaration 
of Independence. 

Great-great-grandson of Richard Lockwood, member of 
Delaware Committee, appointed July 20, 1774, to protest 
against Boston Port Bill. 

OSCAR FITZALLAN LONG, 

Great-grandson of Cornelius Mabie, ist Lieutenant 3d Com- 
pany Military Foot, Captain John Van Fatten, Absolom 
Wemple, Colonel. 

EDWARD FARRAGUT LOOKER, 

Great-grandson of Othniel Looker, private. Colonel Mar- 
ten's Regiment, "Jersey Line," 177^5 '^^ Colonel Og- 
den's Regiment, i^'j6—''j ; in Colonel Marten's Regiment, 
New Jersey Militia, 1777-82. 

HENRY BRIGHAM LOOKER, 

Great-grandson of Othniel Looker, private in New Jersey 
and New York Regiments of Continental Troops. 

THOMAS HENRY LOOKER, 

Grandson of Othniel Looker, private in New Jersey and 
New York Regiments of Continental Troops. 

JOHN TRUE LOOMIS, 

Great-great-grandson of John Blunt, Captain in Col. Mc- 
Cobb's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, June to Septem- 
ber, 1779; Captain Militia of Lincoln County, Me., Maj. 
Wm. Lithgow, 1779; Captain Massachusetts Militia, 
under Brig. -Gen. Wadsworth, 1780. 



48 ^f>n$ of the llcvolwtion. 

WILLIAM HARRISON LOWDERMILK, 

Great-grandson of Michael Kershner, of Cumberland, Md., 
private, Capt. Philip Grayble's Company, Col. Ilousaker's 
Regiment, Maryland Line ; discharged, 1779. 

WOODBURY LOWERY, 

Great-great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, signer of the 
Declaration of Revolution, 1776, for the town of Amherst, 
N. H. ; private, Capt. Taylor's Company, 1775; mem- 
ber Committee of Safety, 1776; Delegate to State Con- 
vention. 

Great-great-grandson of James Woodbury, signer of Dec- 
laration of Revolution, 1776. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, volunteer under Gen. Sullivan, 
177S; 3^^ officer of Capt. Dennis' ship; promoted to ist 
Lieut. 

JOHN MOORE McCALLA, Jr., 

Great-grandson of William McCalla, Captain Bucks County 
Associators, August 21, 1775 ; Captain 7th Company, 2d 
Battalion, Bucks County Militia, May 6, 1777; Chief 
Forage Department, Bucks County, 1779; and from 
1780 to 1 78 1 Commissioner of Purchases. 

CHARLES LAURIE McCAWLEY, 

Great-great-grandson of William McCalla, Captain Bucks 
County Associators, August 21, 1775 ; Captain 7th Com- 
pany, 2d Battalion, Bucks County Militia, May 6, 1777 ; 
Chief Forage Department, Bucks County, 1779; and 
from 1780 to 1 781 Commissioner of Purchases. 

Great-great-great-grandson of William Holt, Commissary 
for the American Army during the Revolution. 

WALTER AUDUBON McCLURG, 

Great-great-grandson of Alexander Russell, Lieutenant in 
the 7th Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops, commanded 
by Col. Irvine. 



CHARLES FISH McDERMOTT, 

Great-grandson of George Bender, j^rivate, Col. Ward's 
Regiment, Massachusetts Line. 

RANDOLPH HARRISON McKIM, 

Great-great-grandson of Archibald Cary, President of Vir- 
ginia Committee of Safety, 1776; member Virginia 
Convention ; reported resolutions instructing Virginia 
delegates in Congress to declare for independence ; Speaker 
Virginia Senate, 1776. 

CARROLL MERCER, 

Great-grandson of John Francis Mercer, Aide-de-camp to 
Gen. Charles Lee, and Lieutenant-Colonel in Lawson's 
Brigade. 

WILLIAM PARK METCALF, 

Great-great-grandson of Peleg Thomas, Lieutenant in Cap- 
tain Rudd's Company, 12th Regiment Connecticut Militia. 

GARRICK MALLERY, 

Great-gi-andson of William Maclay ; commissioned July 4, 
1763, Lieutenant in the Second Battalion of the Pennsyl- 
vania Regiment, serving in Col. Bouquet's expedition, 
and was engaged at the battle of Bushy Run ; com- 
missioned July 7, 1780, as Assistant Commissary w^ith the 
rank of Captain, and vs^as at the battles of Trenton and 
Princeton; in 1781 w^as elected to the General Assembly 
of Pennsylvania, and shortly after became a member of 
the Supreme Execvitive Council of that State. 

ALBERT F. MARSH, 

Great-grandson of James Perry, Sergeant " Lexington 
Alarm," Col. Samuel Ballard's Regiment, Staple Cham- 
berlin's command; 2d Lieutenant March 28, 1776, 5th 
Regiment Middlesex County, Mass., Militia. 



50 ^on.s of the l^fvolution. 

JOHN ENOCH MASON, 

Great-great-grandson of John Smith, member of Committee 
of Safety of Maryland during the Revohition. 

Great-grfat-grandson of Thomas Jefferson. 

Great-grandson of Thomas Mann Randolph, member Vir- 
ginia Convention, 1776; Governor of Virginia. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Archibald Cary, President of 
Virginia Committee of Safety, 1776, and member of Vir- 
ginia Convention ; reported resolutions instructing Vir- 
ginia delegates in Congress to declare for independence ; 
Speaker Virginia Senate, 1776. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Robert Carter Nicholas, last 
Treasurer of the Colony, and first Treasurer of the Com- 
monwealth of Virginia, 

THEODORUS BAILEY MYERS MASON, 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. John Bailey, Dutchess 
County, Nevv^ York, Regiment of Minute Men. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. John Mason, Massachusetts 
Militia. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Isaac Hegeman, 2d Regi- 
ment, New York. 

HENRY MAY, 

Great-grandson of John May, member of Boston " Tea 
Party," i773> Colonel ist or Boston Regiment, Massa- 
chusetts Militia ; Major under Rochambeau in Rhode 
Island. 

Great-grandson of Edward Coursey, Captain in Revolution, 
1778. 

WILLIAM WILLIAMS METCALF, 

Great-grandson of Peleg Thomas, Lieutenant 4th Company, 
I 2th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Col. Jonathan Trum- 
bull ; member National Council of Safety. 



^mUxMv laU. 51 

SAMUEL MYERS MILLS, 

Great-grandson of William Mills, enlisted January, 1776, 
Capt. Caleb North, Col. Anthony Wayne ; served seven 
years. 

WILLIAM ELANTHEROS COOKE MOORHEAD, 

Great-grandson of David Carswell, of Capt. Sherwood's 
Company, Col. Graham's Regiment ; was a United States 
pensioner for Revolutionary services at time of death. 

EDWARD AUGUSTUS MOSELEY, 

Great-grandson of Ebenezer Moseley, Captain 9th Company, 
3d Regiment Connecticut Line, Col. Israel Putnam, 1775 ; 
Colonel 5th Connecticut Regiment, and member of Leg- 
islature. 

Great-grandson of Ebenezer Buck, Lieutenant, Capt. Jas. 
Key's Company, 5th Regiment, State Troops (Maine), 
1776; Lieutenant, Capt. Reed's Company, Col. Jonathan 
Buck's Regiment, 1777; Captain, Col. Josiah Barnes' 
Regiment, Gen. Lovell's Brigade, 1779. 

Son of Edward Strong Moseley, member of the Massachu- 
setts Society of the Cincinnati. 

Great-great-grandson Jonathan Buck, Lieutenant, 1775, and 
Colonel of State Troops. 

HENRY NIXON MOSS, 

Great-grandson of Robert Morris. 

Great-grandson of John Nixon, Brigadier-General in Con- 
tinental Army. He was the man who read the Declara- 
tion of Independence to the people for the first time at 
Philadelphia, July 8. 

JESSE BARKER NEVILLE, 

Great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan, "the Hero 

of the Cowpens." 
Great-grandson of Presley Neville, Colonel and Aide-de-camp 
to Gen. Lafayette. 



52 ^onsi of iht ^tvahiim. 

Great-great-grandson of John Neville, Colonel 4th Regi- 
ment, Virginia Continental Infantry, December 11, 1777; 
Brevet Brigadier-General, September 30, 17S3, 

ALBION KEITH PARRIS, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Parris, Orderly Sergeant in Col. 
Paul Dudley Sergeant's Regiment ; was in naval service, 
and afterwards commissioned Lieutenant in Massachu- 
setts State Troops. 

SAMUEL B. PARRIS, 

Grandson of Samuel Parris, Orderly Sergeant in Col. Paul 
Dudley Sergeant's Regiment ; was in naval service, and 
afterwards commissioned Lieutenant in Massachusetts 
State Ti'oops. 

THOMAS STOWELL PHELPS, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Nixon, Captain, 1774; 
Lieutenant-Colonel of Minute Men, 177s ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel 6th Massachusetts Regiment, 1775; Colonel 6th 
Massachusetts Regiment, 1776; served until the close of 
the war. 

ARMISTEAD PETER, Jr., 

Great-grandson of Richard Kennon, Lieutenant in the tjth 

Regiment, Virginia Troops, Continental Army. 
Great-great-grandson of John Parke Custis, step-son and 

Aid-de-camp to General Washington. 

IRVING WALLACE RAND, 

Great-great-grandson of Ephraim Rand, of Rye, N. H., a 
private in Capt. Shortridge's Company, Col. Enoch 
Poor's Regiment of New Hampshire Troops; enlisted 

J"iy 7. 1775- 

JOHN EDGAR REYBURN, 

Great-grandson of Joseph Crain, ist Lieutenant, Capt. Rich- 
ard McQvieen's Company, Col. Timothy Greene's Bat- 
.talion, Lancaster County, 1776; Captain, 6th Battalion, 
Col. John Rogers. 



CLIFFORD RICHARDSON, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Howard, He was one of the 
party who, disguised as Indians, threw the tea overboard 
from the " Dartmouth." 

WILLIAM ADAMS RICHARDSON, 

Grandson of Daniel Richardson, of Pelham, N. H. ; enlisted 
1777, and was at Monmouth and in Sullivan's Rhode Isl- 
and Expedition, 1779. Served three years ; a pensioner. 

Grandson of William Adams, enlisted at 15 for eight months, 
and again for six months ; witnessed execution of Andrd ; 
a pensioner. 

Great-grandson of William Roby, 2d Lieutenant, Captain 
Walker's Company, Col. Reed's 3d New Hampshire Regi- 
ment, at Bunker Hill; ist Lieutenant, Captain Wilkins' 
Company, Col. Bedel's Regiment of Continental Army; 
taken prisoner in Canada and died in service. 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Roby, member of the Com- 
mittee of Safety and Inspection for the Union, of Dun- 
stable, N. H. 

DAVID RITTENHOUSE, 

Great-great-grandson of John Bull, Commissioner to treat 
with Indians at Easton, Pa., 1777; Adjutant-General of 
Pennsylvania, 1779; in command 2d Brigade, Pennsyl- 
vania Militia, after Gen. Irwin's capture ; Delegate to Pro- 
vincial Conference, January and July, 1775 ; member Con- 
vention, 1776; also member of Pennsylvania Board of 
War. 

ALEXANDER GALT ROBINSON, 

Great-great-grandson of Richard Henry Lee. 
Great-great-grandson of Col. John Fitzgerald, a member of 

Washington's staff during the Revolution. 
Great-great-grandson of Capt. George Gray, 4th Continental 

Dragoons, 1777. 



54 J^'^W of tht ^n'olution. 

BEVERLY H. ROBERTSON, 

Grandson of Philemon Holcombe, Lieutenant of Dragoons, 
in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Watkins, 
attached to the command of Col. Washington. 

WILLIAM BEATTY ROCHESTER, 

Grandson of NathanieK Rochester, Delegate from Orange 
County to the North Carolina Provincial Congress in April 
and May, 1776; afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
Southern Regiment of Orange County, North Carolina. 

JOHN FREDERICK RODGERS, 

Great-grandson of Christopher R. Perry ; enlisted as a boy 
in " Kingston Reds;" served on a privateer, captured and 
confined on prison ship ; escaped and serv'ed on ship 
" Trumbull," Capt. James Nicholson ; taken prisoner and 
confined in Ireland eighteen months. 

CARLISLE ROE, 

Great-great-grandson of John Roe, Qiiarter master ist Regi- 
ment, Suffolk County, New York, Militia, Col. Wm. 
Floyd. 

FRANCIS ASBURY ROE, 

Grandson of John Roe, Minute-Man, New York Line, and 
Qiiartermaster ist Regiment Suffolk County Militia, Col. 
William Floyd. 

FAYETTE WASHINGTON ROE, 

Great-grandson of John Roe, Minute-Man, New York Line, 
and Qi^artermaster ist Regiment Suffolk County Militia, 
Col. William Floyd. 

GEORGE ROE, 

Great-gi-andson of John Roe, Minute-Man, New York Line, 
and Qiiartermaster ist Regiment Suffolk County Militia, 
Col. William Floyd. 



ELMER GARDNER RUNYAN, 

Great-grandson of James Gardner, private in Captain Gran- 
dyke's Company, New Jersey Militia, Col. Thompson's 
Regiment. 

RICHARD RUSH, 

Great-great-gi-andson of Richard Stockton, signer of the 

Declaration of Independence. 
Great-grandson of Benjamin Rush, M. D., signer of the 

Declaration of Independence. 

JAMES ANTHONY SAMPLE, 

Great-grandson of Robert De Frees, ship's carpenter on pri- 
vateer; three times prisoner and twice on prison ship 
" Jersey." 

FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS, 

Great-grandson of Sergt. Ephraim French, of Capt. Wil- 
liam Barrow's Company, Col. Isaac Wyman's New 
Hampshire Regiment. 

JOSEPH PRENTISS SANGER, 

Great-grandson of Richard Sanger, member of Massachusetts 
Committee on Safety ; also a member of Provincial Con- 
gress. 

NATHAN SARGENT, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Sargent, member of Capt. Setli 
Washburn's Company, Col. Ward's Regiment. 

JAMES RUSSEL SELFRIDGE, 

Great-grandson of James T. Condy, member of " Boston 
Tea Party." 

DANIEL KERFOOT SHUTE, 

Great-great-grandson of William Shute, Lieutenant-Colonel 
2d Battalion Salem County, N. J., Militia, 1777; pro- 
moted to Colonel ; also Assistant Commissary of Issues, 



^6 ^cwi^i of the lleuohttton. 

New Jersey Brigade, Continental Line, and Assistant 
Commissary General of Issues. 
Great-grandson of Enoch Shute, private, Cumberland County, 
N. J., Militia; also private in Capt, Keen's Company, 
Maj. Samuel Hayes' Battalion, New Jersey State Troops. 

HAROLD MARSH SEWALL, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Dummcr vSewall, of Continental 
Army. 

WM. FLOYD SICARD, 

Great-great-grandson of William Floyd, signer of the 
Declaration of Independence. 

RICHARD DOUGLAS SIMMS, 

Great-grandson of Charles Sinims, Lieutenant-Colonel 6th 
Regiment, Virginia Line. 

MERWIN-MARIE SNELL, 

Great-grandson of Rev. Moses Hallock, served several 
months in ij'j6-'j', participated in the Burgoyne Cam- 
paign. 

FRANKLIN STEELE, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Chase, signer of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. 

PIERRE CHRISTIE STEVENS, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfoi't Sage, commanding 
3d Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

ROWAN WAINWRIGHT STEVENS, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 
3d Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

THOMAS HOLDUP STEVENS, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 
3d Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 



HENRY B. SWEARINGEN, 

Great-grandson of Henry Bedinger, Sergeant, Capt. Hugh 
Stephenson's Company, 1775; Lieutenant, Capt. Abra- 
ham Shepherd's Company, Col. Hugh Stephenson, 1776; 
captured and held four years. 

DANIEL MORGAN TAYLOR, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. John Neville, 4th Regiment 
Virginia Continental Infantry. 

Great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan, the " Hero 
of the Cowpens." 

Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Presley Neville, Aide-de- 
camp to Gens. Lincoln and Lafayette. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Charles Simms, 2d Regiment 
Virginia Continental Infantry. 

DAVID WATSON TAYLOR, 

Great-great-grandson of John Penn, signer of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. 

HARRY CLAY TAYLOR, 

Great-great-gi-andson of Col. John Neville, 4th Regiment 
Virginia Continental Infantry. 

Great-great-grandson of Gen, Daniel Morgan. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col, Presley Neville, Aide-de- 
camp to Gens. Lincoln and Lafayette. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Charles Simms, 2d Regiment 
Virginia Continental Infantry. 

HENRY LIVINGSTON THOMAS, 

Great-grandson of John Thomas, entered 23d regiment of 
Foot, John Bailey, Colonel, 1776; Surgeon 8th Massa- 
chusetts Regiment, Michael Jackson, Colonel, 17S0; also 
Surgeon 3d Mass. Regiment. 

EDWARD AMORY TRESCOT, 

Great-great-grandson of Stephen Bull, General in Conti- 
nental Army. 

Great-great-grandson of William Johnson, one of the host- 
ages taken by Gen. Cornw^allis and sent from Charleston 
to St. Augustine, 17S0. 



58 <^ottj9i 0f the |^evalttti0tt. 

THOMAS CUTHBERT TRESCOT, 

Great-great-grandson of Stephen Bull, General in Conti- 
nental Army. 

Great-great-grandson of William Johnson, one of the host- 
ages taken by Gen. Cornwallis and sent from Charleston 
to St. Augustine, 1780. 

WILLIAM TRUXTUN, 

Great-grandson of Commodore Thomas Truxtun. 

HENRY ENOS TULEY, 

Great -great -great -grandson of James Speed, Captain, 
wounded at battle of Guilford Court-House, 1782. 

JOHN VAN RENSSELAER, 

Great-grandson of Major James Van Rensselaer, Aide-de- 
camp to Gen. Richard Montgomery and Gen. Philip 
Schuyler. 

JOHN GRIMES WALKER, 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Aaron Walker, of the Continental 

Army. 
Grandson of Samuel Walker, of the Continental Army. 

HERBERT FAIRFAX WALLACE, 

Great-great-grandson of Wm. Brooke, Captain 4th Com- 
pany, 3d Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, 1777; Major, 
4th Battalion, 1779; Major, 6th Battalion, 17S0; one of 
the Commissioners of Chester County to seize personal 
effects of traitors. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Matthew Brooke, member of 
Provincial Conference of Pennsylvania, 1776. 

Great-great-grandson of Elijah Weed, Captain 2d Regiment 
of Foot, commanded by Benjamin G. Eyre ; Captain 2d 
Company, 5th Battalion, Col. John Shee ; Captain 4th 
Company, Philadelphia Brigade, Gen. John Cadwalader ; 
Acting Commissary under Col. Thos. Bradford, 1778. 



THOMAS KITTERA WALLACE, 

Great-grandson of Wm. Brooke, Captain 4th Company, 
3d Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, 1777; Major, 4th 
Battalion, 1779; Major, 6th Battalion, 1780; one of the 
Commissioners of Chester County to seize personal effects 
of traitors. 

Great-great-grandson of Matthew Brooke, member of Pro- 
vincial Conference of Pennsylvania, 1776. 

Great-grandson of Elijah Weed, Captain 2d Regt. of Foot, 
commanded by Benjamin G. Eyre ; Captain 2d Company, 
5th Battalion, Col. John Shee ; Captain 4th Company 
Philadelphia Brigade, Gen. John Cadvvalader ; Acting 
Commissary under Col. Thos. Bradford, 1778. 

JOHN SIDNEY WEBB, 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Webb, of the 2d Regiment 

of Connecticut Light Dragoons. 
Great-grandson of Col. John Randall, Qiiartermaster-Gen- 

eral of Maryland Troops. 

FRANK WHEATON, 

Grandson of Levi Wheaton, minute-man at Lexington and 
Bunker Hill ; Rhode Island privateersman, captured 1780, 
confined on prison-ship in New York Harbor. 

CHARLES WILLIAM WHIPPLE, 

Great-grandson of David Whipple, private, Capt. Whipple's 
Company 5th Massachusetts (Col. Putnam's) Regiment, 
from January i, 1777, to December 31, 1779. 

Great-great-grandson of John Blunt, a member of the New 
Hampshire Legislature 1 778-1781' 

THOMAS ALFRED WITHERSPOON, 

Great-grandson of Gen. Joseph Graham, who was a Major 
in Col. Robert Smith's command in 1781. 



6o ^ff^^ of the ^Revolution. 

CHARLES WORTHINGTON, 

Great-grandson of Maj. Nicholas Worthington, of Maryland 
Troops, and Delegate to Legislature of Maryland. 

Great-grandson of Capt. Jonathan Phillips, 2d New Jersey 
Regiment ; original member of the Society of the Cincin- 
nati. 

Great-grandson of William Churchill Houston, member of 

Continental Congress. 

WALTER FITZHUGH W^ORTHINGTON, 

Great-grandson of Major Nicholas Worthington, of Mary- 
land Troops, and Delegate to Legislature of Maryland. 

Great-great-grandson of Wm. Fitzhue, member Maryland 
Legislature during the Revolution ; member of Council of 
Safety and Committee of Vigilance of Calvert County. 

WALTER WYMAN, 

Great-grandson of Nehemiah Wyman, of Charlestown, 
Mass. ; a private in Capt. Joshua Walker's Company, 
Col. David Greene's Second Regiment Foot, Middlesex 
County Militia, Massachusetts. 

Great-grandson of Moses Hadley, a private in Capt. Isaac 
Hall's Company, Col. Thomas Gardner's Regiment, as- 
sembled April 19, 1775. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Samuel Cutter, of Somerville, 
Mass., of Capt. Isaac Hall's Company, Col. Thomas 
Gardner's Regiment. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Edw^ard Stearns, of Bedford, 
Mass., in command of the Bedford Militia, 1775. 

ROBERT HENRY YEATMAN, 

Great-grandson of Richard Dorsey, Lieutenant in Continen- 
tal Army, and Captain Maryland Artillery ; original inem- 
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

WILLIAM SUTER YEATMAN, 

Great-grandson of Richard Dorsey, Lieutenant in Continen- 
tiil Army, and Captain Maryland Artillery ; original 
member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



NICHOLAS LONGWORTH ANDERSON. 

By henry ADAMS. 



The Andersons came from Virginia. They were residents on the York 
river, in Gloucester and New Kent, far back in the seventeenth century. 
Robert Anderson, of Goldmine, married Elizabeth Clough about 1739, 
and had a son, Richard Clough, born at Goldmine, Hanover County, Vir- 
ginia, January 12, 1750; a person of note; successively Captain, Major, 
and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Virginia line in the Revolutionary War ; 
leading the advance at Trenton ; present at Brandywine and Germantown ; 
Aide-de-Camp to La Fayette, and Brigadier-General of Virginia militia, 
as well as first Surveyor-General of Virginia. In 1783, after the peace, he 
removed to Kentucky and established himself near Louisville, where he 
lived, an active and prominent citizen, until 1826. 

Richard Clough Anderson, having lost his first wife, a sister of Gen. 
George Rogers Clark, married again, in 1797, Sarah Marshall, daughter 
of William and Ann [McLeod] Marshall, born in 1779. Twelve children 
were born of this marriage, but only the third and fourth immediately 
concern the subject of this notice. 

The third child was named Larz; born April 9, 1803 ; died February 27, 
1878. The fourth was Robert; born June 14, 1805; died October 26, 1871. 
Larz was sent to Harvard College and took his degree in the j'ear 1822. 
Robert was sent to West Point, where he graduated in 1825 and entered 
the military service. 

In the 1830's Larz married Catherine, daughter of Nicholas Longworth, 
the well-known citizen of Cincinnati, and became himself, thenceforward, 
a prominent resident of that city. There, April 22, 1838, his son, Nicholas 
Longworth, the subject of this sketch, was born, and there he was care- 
fully educated until, in 1854, his father brought him to Harvard College to 
enter as freshman. 

Younger than most freshmen, new to Eastern life, always impulsive, 
full of hot impressions, demonstrative in manner, with ways much more 
Virginian or Kentuckian than the atmosphere of Harvard College ever 
approved, Nicholas Anderson was an unusual type of student, to whom 
his Northern comrades took rather more kindly than the Virginians did. 
Anderson was probably the most generally known member of his class, 
and from the first he was known only as " Nick;" he became friends with 
every one; always liked for his honesty, his good nature, and never-flag- 
ging interest in all that was done or said, and rather exceptionally a 
favorite, not only with the instructors for his scholarship, but with the 
students who studied and the students who preferred other amusement ; 



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those who took social lead and those who followed ; those who came from 
Boston and those who came from the country. He took his degree with 
his class in 1858, and at commencement had an essay, " French Mission- 
aries in the West." 

Several of the members of his class went to Germany after graduating, 
and he among the rest. He passed the winter of 1858-59 in Berlin, after- 
wards at Heidelberg, studying the language, and remained abroad about 
two years, returning in November, i860, to begin the study of law in 
Cincinnati. 

That winter was not favorable for study, as many young men of his age 
soon learned. Owing to the peculiar situation of Kentucky, the excitement 
was even greater and more painful with the Andersons than with other 
families further north. Major Robert Anderson, Nicholas's uncle, was 
commanding the national troops at Charleston, with his headquarters at 
Fort Moultrie, and on December 26, i860, took the responsibility of with- 
drawing to Fort Sumter, where he was soon closely invested. Nicholas 
and his brother, W. P. Anderson, instantly joined the best militia organi- 
zation then in Cincinnati — the two independent companies known as the 
Guthrie Greys — and when the war began, April 12, 1S61, by the opening 
of the rebel batteries on Fort Sumter, the Guthrie Greys immediately ten- 
dered their services under the President's call of 75,000 men for three 
months. Recruits came forward with the rapidity common during those 
days of excitement, and the new regiment of Greys went into camp April 
20, and was mustered into service April 27 as the Sixth Ohio Volunteers. 
Nicholas Anderson was elected Adjutant. 

The regiment remained in camp during the month of May, and reor- 
ganized as a three-years regiment, with Nicholas Anderson as Lieutenant- 
Colonel. It took the field 1,031 strong, and entered West Virginia July 
I, where it was placed under the command of Brigadier-General Thomas 
A. Morris, and moved, July 6, on the rebel force at Laurel Hill, com- 
manded by Brigadier-General Robert S. Garnett. Garnett's position was 
turned by McClellan and Rosecrans; he was compelled to fly, and the 
Sixth Ohio took part in the pursuit, which ended in the skirmish at Car- 
rick's Ford and the death of Garnett July 13 — the first Union success of 
the war. 

After this affair the Sixth Regiment remained as a part of the force em- 
ployed in guarding West Virginia, a task which may be supposed to have 
been difficult, since the rebel force was led by Robert E. Lee in person, 
who was assigned, August 3, to the command of the department by the 
Confederate government. 

Brigadier General J.J. Reynolds succeeded McClellan in command of 
the brigade to which the Sixth Ohio was attached, and the command of 
the regiment fell from this time on Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, the 
Colonel being ordered on other duty. Reynolds fortified himself in a 
position of great strength, and Lee closed up on it, September 12, after 
making elaborate dispositions for attack. The attack was not made. Lee 
explained the failure as well as he could to Governor Letcher, but although 



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the blame was laid on Colonel Rust, of the Third Arkansas Regiment, 
Reynolds's army thought that their arrangements for defence had much 
to do with Lee's discomfiture, which was a sore subject for some time. 
According to General Lee's biographer, Long, " The press and the public 
were clamorous against him." 

Two such successes were an unusually happy beginning for a young 
colonel in 1861, but Anderson's good fortune stayed by him. After helping 
to save Western Vii-ginia, the regiment was withdrawn, in November, to 
Louisville, in Kentucky, and assigned to the Fifteenth Brigade, Fourth 
Division, commanded by Brigadier-General William Nelson. After wait- 
ing two months in camp, the Fourth Division was ordered, February 13, 
1862, to support General Grant, at Fort Donelson, and marched at once, 
taking steamers at West Point, twenty-five miles below Louisville, Febru- 
ary 17; but Fort Donelson fell February 16, and the Fourth Division was 
turned into the Cumberland river, reaching Nashville February 25, where 
Colonel Anderson and his regiment were first to land and take possession 
of the city and State House. 

The Sixth Ohio was a favorite with General Nelson, who was pleased 
with its good condition and spirit as well as social qualities, so that, when 
the army next advanced, the Sixth continued to take the lead, and this time 
not into a captured city. Grant concentrated his forces, March 17, at 
Pittsburg Landing. At the same time Buell, with the Army of the Ohio, 
of which Nelson's Fourth Division made a part, left Nashville and moved, 
delayed by bridge-building, towards the same point. Alarmed at hearing 
that Grant's army was on the west bank of the Tennessee, and anxious to 
arrive in time for the battle which might probably take place, Nelson ob- 
tained permission to ford the Duck river; and accordingly, on the morn- 
ing of March 29, the Tenth Brigade, under Colonel Ammen, to which 
the Sixth Ohio belonged, forded the river, and, pursuing its march, reached 
Savanna, about nine miles below Pittsburg Landing, before noon of April 
5. For want of transports to cross the river the whole division went into 
camp at Savanna. 

The next morning, April 6, the rebel army attacked Grant at Pittsburg 
Landing, and the sound of the heavy fire announced to the Fourth Division 
at Savanna that a serious battle was going on. Nelson was eager to 
move, but no transports were to be had and the division was marched up 
the river opposite Pittsburg Landing, losing nearly the whole day before 
it could get across. Colonel Ammen hurried his brigade on board some 
steamers lying at the bank, and, on reaching the opposite shore, v/as in- 
stantly ordered by General Grant to support the artillery on the extreme 
left, which was at that moment without any organized infantry support. 
The Thirty-sixth Indiana and the Sixth Ohio went at once into battle, but 
the rebel attack almost at the same moment ceased, and night fell imme- 
diately afterwards. As usual, Anderson seemed to carry good luck with 
him wherever he turned. 

The next morning Nelson's division moved forward, and Anderson's 
regiment took active part in the fighting. Anderson himself was struck 



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in the arm by a spent ball, and the regiment lost a few men, killed or 
wounded, but without suffering seriously, while the division cleared the 
enem}' away from its front, and that evening camped well in advance of 
the original line from which the Union army had been driven. Hazen's 
brigade lost rather heavily. Ammen's brigade suffered less, and Nelson 
in his report complimented Ammen highly on " the cool, wary, and 
vigilant manner in which he fought his brigade," which, said Nelson, 
" gave me a profitable lesson in the service of battles." 

In the slow movement on Corinth which followed, Anderson led his 
regiment, and when the enemy abandoned Corinth, May 30, the^Tenth 
Brigade of Nelson's division was the first to enter the deserted intrench- 
ments, with the Sixth Ohio as one of the four regiments of which it was 
composed. 

After the occupation of Corinth and the escape of the enemy, Buell's 
army began operations against Chattanooga, and Anderson at the head 
of his regiment had the mortification of marching something more than 
seven hundred miles in one hundred and fit'teen days, until September 26, 
when he found himself at Louisville, from whence he had started in the 
preceding February. During this long and harassing campaign the 
regiment was not in battle, and when the army turned and marched south- 
ward again still no serious fighting occurred till the last days of the year. 

On November 9 Anderson took command as Colonel. His commission 
bore date August 19, but had been taken with its bearer. Lieutenant 
Choate, by Morgan, the Confederate major-general, and of old a friend 
of Anderson's family, who forwarded it endorsed: "Approved and per- 
mitted to be forwarded. John Morgan." The joke was unpleasant, but 
rather against Buell than against Anderson. In fact, Buell at that moment 
had to be superseded by Rosecrans. The Fourth Division came under 
the command of General John McAuley Palmer, and the Tenth Brigade, 
now called the Third, was commanded by Colonel Grose, of the Thirty- 
sixth Indiana. Rosecrans's army was known as the Army of the Cumber- 
land, and the change of commander foreshadowed a change of strategy. 

While the Sixth Regiment was still near Nashville, December 4, it 
received a stand of colors as a gift from the City Council and the ladies 
of Cincinnati. Colonel Anderson, at dress parade, made a short speech 
of acceptance, closing with the brief address to his men : " Soldiers, take 
your flags ! They are now a part of yourselves. They represent your 
country, your city, your loved ones, and your own honor. To disgrace 
yourselves would be to disgrace them and those who gave them." 

Three weeks afterwards the whole army moved on Murfreesboro, where 
the enemy was stationed. The desperately fought battle of Stone river 
followed, December 31, when both armies exerted themselves to the 
utmost — the rebels to win a great victory, the Union forces to avoid a 
disaster of the worst kind. Every one who is at all familiar with the bat- 
tles of the Civil War knows the story of Rosecrans and Bragg at Mur- 
freesboro; their complementary plans of battle, by which Rosecrans 
expected to crush Bragg's right, while Bragg expected to crush Rosecrans's 



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right; and how Bragg was first to fall on his enemy, overwhelming 
McCook's Corps and driving it in early in the morning, until he got to the 
rear of the Union position, and nothing but the dogged resolution of the 
Union forces saved the day. According to Rosecrans' plan, his left, con- 
sisting of Crittenden's Corps, should have attacked, and n that case the 
Sixth Ohio would have been in the advance; but when McCook's men 
came drifting in behind, and the evidence of danger became more and 
more alarming on the flank and rear, Crittenden had to change his front 
and form his corps at right angles with the centre. Grose and Hazen 
stood at the angle, and the Sixth Ohio went into action at one of the most 
hotly contested points in the field. 

The official reports tell the story of how the regiment fought and suf- 
fered. In twenty minutes nearly one- third of its number were killed or 
wounded; it was fianked on either side and had to fall back and reform. 
"The Sixth Ohio, Colonel Nick Anderson, joined my command on the 
right of the regular brigade and stood manfully up to the work," reported 
General Rousseau, of Thomas's Corps. General Hascall, of Wood's Divis- 
ion, in Crittenden's Corps, reported in the same spirit: 

" Colonel Hazen, commanding a brigade in General Palmer's Division, 
was present with his brigade on the left of the railroad, and Colonel 
Grose, commanding another brigade in the same division, was also present 
with what there was left of his brigade, and most nobly did he co-operate 
with me with the Sixth and Twenty-fourth Ohio to the right of the rail- 
road. * * * The Sixth and Twenty- fourth Ohio did noble service." 

Colonel Anderson's own report of the battle has also been printed.* 

" At about 8 A. M. on that day [December 31] we were drawn up in line 
of battle in the open field to the north of the burnt brick house, and to 
the west of the cedars, while Rousseau's Division filed by us to get posi- 
tion. Scarcely had the rear of that column passed, when heavy firing was 
heard to our right, coming from the cedars and approaching rapidly. I 
was ordered with my regiment into the wood. I immediately changed 
front and advanced some two hundred yards, when I saw our troops flying 
in wild disorder and hotly pursued by the enemy. I formed my line and 
awaited the escape of our men and the nearer advance of the enemy. In 
a few moments a terrific fire was opened on us, scarcely a hundred yards 
distant, from a rebel line, apparently four deep. This fire we returned, 
and a terrible carnage ensued on both sides. Finding myself badly 
pressed, I had determined on a charge, and the order was already given 
to fix bayonets, when I saw that my regiment was fianked almost com- 
pletely on both sides by two rebel regiments. I gave the order to fall 
back firing. As soon as we reached the edge of the woods, Lieutenant 
Parsons, of the Fourth Regular Artillery, opened on the enemy with ter- 
rible effect, and I reformed my line behind his guns, having held my posi- 
tion against tremendous odds, but with great sacrifice, for thirty minutes. 
I then i-eplenished my ammunition, and was soon afterward ordered to 
throw my regiment diagonally across the Murfreesboro pike, and hold that 
* Hannaford's Story of a Regiment, p. 404. 



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position. This we did, under a destructive fire and with much additional 
loss, during the rest of the day and until midnight, when I was relieved 
by the Twenty-fourth Ohio, and took my regiment a short distance to the 
rear." 

The regiment went into action with three hundred and eighty-three men 
all told, and lost one hundred and sixty-three killed, wounded, and missing. 
All of these except twelve were killed or severely wounded. Colonel An- 
derson himself was hit in the thigh, but did not leave the field, and com- 
manded his regiment in the subsequent action of Jannary 2, when Breck- 
inridge attacked and was repulsed on the left. He then went home for 
some weeks to recover from his wound, and did not resume command 
until March 29. No serious movement took place till June 24, when the 
army began its forward march to Chattanooga, which the enemy evacuated, 
allowing Rosecrans to occupy it without a battle, September 9. Then 
followed, September 19 and 20, the defeat at CJiickamauga. 

The story of this terrible battle is even more familiar than that of 
Stone river. As far as it concerned Colonel Anderson and his regiment 
it is simple. In the morning of the 19th the brigade was ordered on a 
reconnoissance; came on the enemj' in force; withdrew, and came into 
line, with the rest of Palmer's Division, between Reynolds on the right 
and Johnson on the left, where Thomas all day he'd the enemy at bay. 
The fighting was very severe ; " the best fighting and the least falling out 
of ranks (excepting the killed and wounded) that I ever witnessed," re- 
ported Colonel Grose, the brigade commander. "The brave Colonel 
Nick Anderson, with his regiment, the Sixth Ohio, performed an officer's 
whole duty up to the evening of the 19th, when, having been severely 
wounded during that day, he was compelled to be relieved." General 
Reynolds, in an unofficial account, said: "During the first day of the 
battle of Chickamauga I met the Sixth Ohio retiring in some disorder 
from an overwhelming force of rebels. Colonel Anderson, although 
wounded in the arm, was gallantly rallying his regiment, aided by the 
officers. * * * I had seen them slowly retiring from the woods on my 
front, and, not knowing what troops they were, had already chosen a 
rallying point for them near my batteries. The position was pointed out 
and they reformed with great promptness, and, resuming offensive opera- 
tions, manfully performed their part in that memorable battle throughout 
this and the following day." 

The regiment lost one hundred and ten men in an aggregate of three 
hundred and forty-five. Colonel Anderson was struck by a musket ball 
in the shoulder and severely wounded. He was sent home on sick-leave, 
and did not rejoin the regiment until January 15, 1864. In the meanwhile 
the battle of Missionary Ridge had been fought, and the Sixth Ohio had 
been the first regiment to carry its flag to the summit. When Colonel 
Anderson rejoined his command it was at Knoxville, in East Tennessee, 
and after the departure of General Hazen on leave of absence, March 6, 
Anderson commanded the brigade until its return to the Army of the 
Cumberland, at Chickamauga, in April. As the term of service of the 



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Sixth Ohio was soon to expire, the regiment did not take active part in 
the campaign against Atlanta, but performed garrison duty, until June 6, 
at Resaca, when it was sent home, and, after a formal reception in Cincin- 
nati, was mustered out of service June 23, 1864. Colonel Anderson was 
mustered out with his regiment. 

When, at the close of the war, the Government distributed brevet ranks 
to the officers then discharged. Colonel Anderson received two grades — 
that of brigadier-general, for gallant conduct at Stone river, and that of 
major-general, for distinguished gallantry at Chickamauga — both com- 
missions to date from March 13, 1865. 

Colonel Anderson was never again in public service. In March, 1865, he 
married Elizabeth C. Kilgour, of Cincmnati, and took his wife to Europe, 
where they passed eighteen months, and where his son, Larz, was born. 
During the next fifteen years Colonel Anderson remained in Cincinnati, 
occupied in affairs of various kinds, or travelled abroad; but in 1881 he 
removed to Washington, where he built a house under the direction of his 
old college friend, the famous architect, H. H. Richardson; and there he 
continued to live, enjoying, what had always been to him the pleasantest 
side of life, the easy and genial society of an agreeable capital, while his 
children grew up, until at last, after about ten years of this quiet existence, 
his health showed signs of failure. He went abroad in the spring of 1892, 
with his family, his son Larz being then the Second Secretary of Legation 
at London ; and, after trying the medical treatment prescribed by his 
physicians, suddenly learned that he was suffering from fatal disease, and 
died a few days afterwards, September 18, 1892, at Luzerne, in Switzerland. 



